Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy
Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion
picture produced outside the
United StatesUnited States of America with a
predominantly non-English dialogue track.[1]
When the first
Academy AwardsAcademy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to
honor films released in 1927/28, there was no separate category for
foreign language films. Between 1947 and 1955, the Academy presented
Special/Honorary Awards to the best foreign language films released in
the United States. These Awards, however, were not handed out on a
regular basis (no Award was given in 1953), and were not competitive
since there were no nominees but simply one winning film per year
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Jean Hersholt
Jean Pierre Hersholt (born Jean Pierre Carl Büron; 12 July 1886 – 2
June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States,
where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17
years starring on radio in
Dr. ChristianDr. Christian and for playing Shirley
Temple's grandfather in Heidi.[2] Asked how to pronounce his name, he
told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish,
hairs'hult."[3] Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were
sound films (140 total); he directed four.Contents1 Early life
2 Career
3 Family
4 Death
5 Honors and awards
6 Selected filmography
7 Radio appearances
8 References
9 External linksEarly life[edit]
Hersholt was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hersholt claimed to be born
into a family of actors[4], but in reality his father was a cigar
salesman and his mother a singing girl
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ArabicArabicArabic (Arabic: العَرَبِيَّة‎) al-ʻarabiyyah
[ʔalʕaraˈbijːah] ( listen) or (Arabic:
عَرَبِيّ‎) ʻarabī [ˈʕarabiː] ( listen) or
[ʕaraˈbij]) is a Central Semitic language that first emerged in Iron
Age northwestern Arabia and is now the lingua franca of the Arab
world.[4] It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to
describe peoples living from
MesopotamiaMesopotamia in the east to the
Anti-
LebanonLebanon mountains in the west, in northwestern Arabia, and in the
Sinai peninsula.
ArabicArabic is classified as a macrolanguage comprising 30
modern varieties, including its standard form (Modern Standard Arabic)
[5].
The modern written language (Modern Standard Arabic) is derived from
Classical Arabic
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Private (film)
Private is a 2004 film directed by Saverio Costanzo. A debut film by
the director, the film is a minimalist psychological drama about a
Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile
situation in their home that in many ways reflects the larger ongoing
conflict between Palestinians and Israel.
Initially selected as the official entry from
ItalyItaly for the foreign
language film category at the 78th Academy Awards, Private was
disqualified as its main spoken language is not in Italian (a rule
that was changed, effective with the next year's Oscars, partly due to
this film). The film has received the
Golden Leopard (best film) award
at the 57th Locarno International
FilmFilm Festival.Contents1 Plot
2 Main cast
3 Reviews
4 References
5 External linksPlot[edit]
Mohammad, his wife and their five children live in a large, isolated
house located halfway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli
settlement
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Lust, CautionLust, CautionLust, Caution (Chinese: 色，戒; pinyin: Sè, Jiè; Jyutping:
Sik1Gaai3) is a 2007 erotic espionage thriller film directed by Ang
Lee, based on the novella of the same name published in 1979 by
Chinese author Eileen Chang. The story is mostly set in Hong Kong in
1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when it was occupied by the Imperial
Japanese Army and ruled by the puppet government led by Wang Jingwei.
It depicts a group of Chinese university students from the Lingnan
University who plot to assassinate a high-ranking special agent and
recruiter working for the puppet government, by using one of their
group, an attractive young woman, to lure him into a honey trap.
With this film, Lee won the
Golden LionGolden Lion Award at the Venice Film
Festival for the second time, the first being with Brokeback
Mountain.[4] The film adaptation and the story are loosely based on
events that took place during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai
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Bluebird (2004 Film)
Bluebird is a 2004 Dutch television film directed by Mijke de Jong. It
was selected by the Netherlands as its official Foreign Language Film
submission for the 78th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it had been shown
on television.
External links[edit]Bluebird on IMDbThis article related to a made-for-TV movie is a stub. You can help
by expanding it.v
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Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, often metonymously referred to as
Hollywood, has had a profound effect on the film industry in general
since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is
classical
HollywoodHollywood cinema, which developed from 1917 to 1960 and
characterizes most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen
Auguste and Louis LumièreAuguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of
modern cinema,[7] American cinema quickly came to be the most dominant
force in the industry as it emerged
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Calendar Year
Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the
New Year's DayNew Year's Day of
the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New
Year's Day, and thus consists of a whole number of days. A year can
also be measured by starting on any other named day of the calendar,
and ending on the day before this named day in the following year.[1]
This may be termed a "year's time", but not a "calendar year". To
reconcile the calendar year with the astronomical cycle (which has a
fractional number of days) certain years contain extra days ("leap
days" or "intercalary days").
The Gregorian year, which is in use in most of the world, begins on
January 1 and ends on December 31. It has a length of 365 days in an
ordinary year, with 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, or 31,536,000
seconds; but 366 days in a leap year, with 8,784 hours, 527,040
minutes, or 31,622,400 seconds. With 97 leap years every 400 years,
the year has an average length of 365.2425 days
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International Co-production
A co-production is a joint venture between two or more different
production companies for the purpose of film production, television
production, video game development, and so on. In the case of an
international co-production, production companies from different
countries (typically two to three) are working together.
Co-production also refers to the way services are produced by their
users, in some parts or entirely.Contents1 History and benefits
2 Benefits of international co-production
3 Costs of international co-production
4 NotesHistory and benefits[edit]
Following the Second World War, US film companies were forbidden by
the
Marshall PlanMarshall Plan to take their film profits in the form of foreign
exchange out of European countries
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Italian NeorealismItalian neorealismItalian neorealism (Italian: Neorealismo), also known as the Golden
Age, is a national film movement characterized by stories set amongst
the poor and the working class, filmed on location, frequently using
non-professional actors.
Italian neorealismItalian neorealism films mostly contend with
the difficult economic and moral conditions of post-World War II
Italy, representing changes in the Italian psyche and conditions of
everyday life, including poverty, oppression, injustice, and
desperation.Contents1 History
2 Characteristics
3 Impact
4 Significant works4.1 Precursors and influences
4.2 Main works5 Major figures
6 See also
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External linksHistory[edit]
Italian neorealismItalian neorealism came about as
World War IIWorld War II ended and Benito
Mussolini's government fell, causing the Italian film industry to lose
its centre
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Hebrew
Hebrew (/ˈhiːbruː/; עִבְרִית, Ivrit
[ʔivˈʁit] ( listen) or [ʕivˈɾit] ( listen))
is a Northwest Semitic language native to Israel, spoken by over 9
million people worldwide.[8][9] Historically, it is regarded as the
language of the
IsraelitesIsraelites and their ancestors, although the language
was not referred to by the name Hebrew in the Tanakh.[note 1] The
earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date from the 10th century
BCE.[10] Hebrew belongs to the West Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic
language family
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